A small command line tool to retrieve the CAPS Printer Device Parameter Directory where to modify generic printer device configurations.

Whenever a printer device is connected the very first time to the system, it gets its own unique CAPS Printer Device Parameter Directory with some generic configuration like its visible name. Most of the time these generic information isn't what the user wants. So he or she must modify it. But for the case of more than one known printer devices, the matching CAPS Printer Device Parameter Directory must be known…in order to change the correct configuration.

Usage:

If you know its (active) device node:

$ capsprndir /dev/usb/lp0
/var/lib/caps/printer_W7bG57

If you know its name:

$ capsprinter list
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd._ML-1640 Series_144QBAHS302014M.
$ capsprndir "Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd._ML-1640 Series_144QBAHS302014M."
/var/lib/caps/printer_JlbbU0

Note: This command is the frontend to libcapssi